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WAGNER GROUP

Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 24, 2023
Putin vows to crush 'armed mutiny' after Russian mercenary boss seizes southern city
The feud between Wagner's Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Russian military has escalated into a confrontation, setting up the biggest challenge to Putin’s authority since the Ukraine war started.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jun 24, 2023
What is Russia’s Wagner Group and why is it accused of mutiny?
Here’s what you need to know about the Wagner Group, its role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and why its leader is accused of mutiny.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 14, 2023
Russia has a new Rasputin
The Wagner mercenary chief has been attacking Russia's top military brass and warning that ordinary Russians, increasingly frustrated with the lack of progress in the Ukraine war, could revolt.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 4, 2023
The existential question about Putin’s mercenary boss
Why does Russian President Vladimir Putin tolerate Yevgeny Prigozhin, the uppity boss of the private army called Wagner?
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 4, 2023
Putin gains influence in oil-rich Libya as U.S. struggles to oust Wagner Group
The developments have prompted concern in the U.S., which has dispatched a slew of senior officials to counter Putin’s advances in the OPEC member.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 21, 2023
Wagner chief says Bakhmut is captured; Ukraine rejects claim
Satellite imagery and images taken by drones posted on social media by Russian and Ukrainian forces testify to the annihilation of the city.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 8, 2023
Russia's Wagner group appears to do U-turn on Bakhmut withdrawal
The mercenary group appeared to ditch plans to withdraw from the strategic area in Ukraine's Donbas region, saying they had been promised more arms by Moscow.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 7, 2023
Wagner chief says Moscow promised more ammo after Bakhmut pull-out threat
Russian paramilitary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said Sunday he had received 'a promise' of more ammunition from the Russian Army.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
May 6, 2023
Russia's mercenary boss deepens fog of Ukraine war while deflecting blame
The announcement by Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group, that his fighters will abandon the city of Bakhmut looks like an exercise in blame avoidance and disinformation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 30, 2023
Wagner’s Prigozhin warns he’s ready to withdraw mercenaries from Bakhmut
The founder of Russia's Wagner mercenary group says he may have to withdraw his forces from the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut because of growing casualties and a shortage of ammunition.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 3, 2023
Wagner group claims 'legal' capture of Ukraine's Bakhmut
The Wagner group has supported Russian troops throughout the offensive to surround the city, the fight for which both sides have invested in heavily.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 20, 2023
Wagner’s convicts tell of horrors of Ukraine war and loyalty to their leader
Fighters describe their recruitment and training, the combat they saw in Ukraine and their uncertain future in a Russia turned upside down by war with its neighbor.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 14, 2023
Kremlin moves to rein in Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin
The founder of Russia's Wagner mercenary group has grabbed headlines over his role in Ukraine and is sometimes portrayed in the West as a real-life James Bond villain.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 12, 2023
Wagner founder has Putin’s support, but the Kremlin’s side-eye
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the once secretive tycoon, is confounding Moscow’s Kremlin-allied elite by starting to dabble in politics alongside waging war in Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 3, 2023
Soaring death toll gives grim insight into Russian tactics
The slaughter from fighting in and around the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut and the town of Soledar has ballooned what was already a heavy toll.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jan 14, 2023
Russian mercenary boss courts Putin with Ukrainian battlefield success
Prominent Putin supporters have contrasted the Wagner Group's progress with what they say has been a less impressive performance by the regular military.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 12, 2023
Fate of Ukraine's Soledar uncertain as Wagner claims control
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said fighting was still raging in the key eastern city.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 11, 2023
Russia's Wagner mercenaries battle Ukrainian resistance in Soledar's town center
Soledar has been the focus of intense fighting as Russia has viewed it as key to its campaign for the nearby strategic city of Bakhmut and Ukraine's larger eastern Donbas region.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 23, 2022
U.S. says North Korea sold weapons to Russia mercenary group for Ukraine war
Washington has confirmed North Korea delivered 'infantry rockets and missiles' to Russia for use by the Wagner Group.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 7, 2022
Russia looks to private militia to secure a victory in eastern Ukraine
Wagner Group forces launched attacks from several directions on the city of Bakhmut, though analysts said seizing it would yield little strategic value.
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Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
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Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
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A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
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